© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Barrington Park Roman villa is a scheduled monument in Great Barrington, Gloucestershire, England. The site lies on bedrock of the Great Oolite Group, a Bathonian-aged sequence of sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks that provided locally available building material. The villa occupies 0.27 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference 1003351.
Roman villas of this type represent rural elite residences that emerged across Britain following the conquest, typically combining agricultural management with domestic comfort. Their architectural sophistication—including hypocausted heating systems and tessellated pavements—distinguished them from the surrounding countryside of Romano-British farmsteads. The Cotswolds landscape, shaped by the same limestone geology that underlies Barrington, became particularly favourable terrain for villa development during the later Roman period.
The monument's location in Great Barrington places it within a region rich in Romano-British occupation, where substantial wealth derived from pastoral farming, local stone quarrying and regional trade networks supported such prestigious establishments. The scheduled designation protects evidence of the villa's plan, constructional techniques and occupation deposits that contribute to understanding rural Roman settlement patterns and economic organisation in the Midlands and West Country.
Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003351. View the official record →
Barrington Park Roman villa is a scheduled monument in Great Barrington, Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003351.
Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003351.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Windrush camp (2.8 km), Round barrow 750m north east of Eastleachdowns Farm (5 km), Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.